1On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
2the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah
4Among those who know me I mention Rahab and Babylon; Philistia too, and Tyre, with Ethiopia—“This one was born there,” they say.
5And of Zion it shall be said, “This one and that one were born in it”; for the Most High himself will establish it.
6The Lord records, as he registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah
7Singers and dancers alike say, “All my springs are in you.”
1O Lord, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,
2let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
4I am counted among those who go down to the Pit; I am like those who have no help,
5like those forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom you remember no more, for they are cut off from your hand.
6You have put me in the depths of the Pit, in the regions dark and deep.
7Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. Selah
8You have caused my companions to shun me; you have made me a thing of horror to them. I am shut in so that I cannot escape;
9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call on you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
10Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the shades rise up to praise you? Selah
11Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?
12Are your wonders known in the darkness, or your saving help in the land of forgetfulness?
13But I, O Lord, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14O Lord, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me?
15Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.
16Your wrath has swept over me; your dread assaults destroy me.
17They surround me like a flood all day long; from all sides they close in on me.
18You have caused friend and neighbor to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
1I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord, forever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
2I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
3You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to my servant David:
4‘I will establish your descendants forever, and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah
5Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones.
6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
7a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all that are around him?
8O Lord God of hosts, who is as mighty as you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you.
9You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, you still them.
10You crushed Rahab like a carcass; you scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
11The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it—you have founded them.
12The north and the south—you created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
13You have a mighty arm; strong is your hand, high your right hand.
14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.
15Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;
16they exult in your name all day long, and extol your righteousness.
17For you are the glory of their strength; by your favor our horn is exalted.
18For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel.
19Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said: “I have set the crown on one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20I have found my servant David; with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21my hand shall always remain with him; my arm also shall strengthen him.
22The enemy shall not outwit him, the wicked shall not humble him.
23I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.
24My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him; and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25I will set his hand on the sea and his right hand on the rivers.
26He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’
27I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
28Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him, and my covenant with him will stand firm.
29I will establish his line forever, and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,
31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;
33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.
34I will not violate my covenant, or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
36His line shall continue forever, and his throne endure before me like the sun.
37It shall be established forever like the moon, an enduring witness in the skies.” Selah
38But now you have spurned and rejected him; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust.
40You have broken through all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
41All who pass by plunder him; he has become the scorn of his neighbors.
42You have exalted the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
43Moreover, you have turned back the edge of his sword, and you have not supported him in battle.
44You have removed the scepter from his hand, and hurled his throne to the ground.
45You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
46How long, O Lord? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your wrath burn like fire?
47Remember how short my time is— for what vanity you have created all mortals!
48Who can live and never see death? Who can escape the power of Sheol? Selah
49Lord, where is your steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?
50Remember, O Lord, how your servant is taunted; how I bear in my bosom the insults of the peoples,
51with which your enemies taunt, O Lord, with which they taunted the footsteps of your anointed.
52Blessed be the Lord forever. Amen and Amen.
From the oremus Bible Browser https://bible.oremus.org v2.9.2 30 June 2021.